Curtain-rod.



- PATENTED DEC. 3, 1907; R. o. JOHNSON & M. H. MYERS.

CURTAIN ROD. KPPLIOATIOH FILED MAY 24, 1907.

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THE NORRIS PETERS co., wnsnluaron. o. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT CRAWFORD JOHNSON AND MATTHEW HENRY MYERS, OF LEICESTER, ENGLAND.

CURTAIN-ROD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3, 1907.

Application filed May 24. 1907. $eria1 No. 375,510.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ROBERT CRAWFORD JOHNSON and MATTHEW HENRY MYERS,subj ects of the King of Great Britain, residing at 2 London road,Leicester, Leicestershire, England, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Curtain-Rods, of which the following is a specification.1

Our invention relates to rods especially designed for supportingcasement curtains but also applicable for carrying curtains of otherkinds, the object of our invention being to provide a rod which can befixed without the necessity for using supporting brackets and upon whichthe curtains can be easily drawn without the usual cords and pulleys.

The rod constructed according to our invention is of double channelshape in transverse section and somewhat similar to the letter H exceptthat the bar or plate on one side is designed to carry runners fromwhich the curtains are suspended. These runners are preferably in theform of stirrups carrying rollers for running upon the bar in order toafford freedom of travel for the carriers, suitable eyes being provided.for carrying the curtains in the ordinary manner.

To enable our invention to be fully understood we will describe it byreference to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a frontelevation of our improved curtain rod with a runner upon it. Fig. 2 is aplan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33, Fig. 1, andFig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 illustrating a modification.

a is the double-channeled bar, the back of which is made broader thanthe front and is adapted to be secured to the window or other frame byscrews I), b or other fastenings, and 0 indicates one of the severalrunners adapted to travel on the bar and carry the curtains. As shown inFigs. 1, 2 and 3 the runner is in the form of a stirrup d carryingrollers e, e which run in the channels of the bar.

When the rod is fixed in situations in which the carrier would be liableto be pulled off we advantageously fix angle pieces f, f or othersuitable stops at the ends thereof. Instead of the rollers e, 6 runningin the channels of the bar, the carrier 0 may be constructed so that thesaid rollers will run upon the edges of the narrow portion of the bar,as shown in Fig. 4, the ends of the stirrup being extended into thechannels to retain the carrier upon the bar.

The eyes to which the curtain hooks are connected may be arranged in anysuitable position. In practice, however, we prefer to provide thecarrier with two eyes g, g in vertical alinement, the said eyes beingadapted to receive a special hook it of the kind shown in Figs. 3 and 4,the tongue of which hook passes through both eyes. This arrangement ofhooks and eyes serves to distribute the pull upon the carriers so thatthe latter run more smoothly than would be the case if the whole weightwas carried by a single eye.

It will be obvious that instead of attaching the bar or rod directly tothe framing of a window or'the like, it may be carried by adjustable orother brackets adapted to reoeive it.

Having now particularly described and as' certained the nature of oursaid invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, wedeclare that what we claim is The combination with a curtain rod or barof double channel section having the plate on one side of the channelbroader than the plate on the other side of the said channel, of runnersadapted to travel on the said rod or bar and to have curtain hooksattached to them, each runner being provided with two eyes placed oneabove the other to receive the straight shank of a hook, substantiallyas described.

ROBERT CRAWFORD JOHNSON. MATTHEW HENRY MYERS.

WVitnesses:

O. G. REDFERN, A. ALBUTT.

